The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Next Step Trust

Registered charity 1114197 Registered since 2006

Operates: Calderdale

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Amateur Sport 5Disability 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 2Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021

90 from 69 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.nextsteptrust.org.uk
Emailadmin@nextsteptrust.co.uk
Phone01422330938
AddressNext Step Trust, Hoover Building, Westfield Street, HALIFAX, West Yorkshire, HX1 2DN

Finances

£2,920,181 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,046,520£1,712,832
2022£2,315,992£1,937,132
2023£2,216,991£2,148,598
2024£2,635,584£2,428,001
2025£2,920,181£2,718,338

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(1) TO ESTABLISH A PROVISION OF A DAY CARE CENTRE TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX DISABILITIES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 FEBRUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 FEBRUARY 2009

Trustees (6)

6trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Next Step Trust · 05711840 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/02/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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